 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Sherry,
I will make a very bold statement here.....GET THE PEG TUBE. It certainly is possible to get through radiation without one, many on this board have. My question, though, has always been "why put yourself through that?" I equate it to any woman now a days going through childbirth "natural" when there are epidurals to make it a painless experience.
Radiation kicks butt, it is THE most difficult part of treatment.
I have never heard of a Naso-Gastric being suggested over a PEG.
Good luck with it,
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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